Tony Stakes Art

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Painting 1 (1.3 X 1m): Tribute to Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and her book "On Life AFTER DEATH." A milestone humdinger that the Church has chosen to ignore, and keep people ignorant. Essential reading for Grade 11 and 12 students who take spirituality seriously. (WITH PENRYN COLLEGE CHAPEL AND ST. STITHIAN'S COLLEGE CHAPEL IN THE BACKGROUND.)	Painting 2 (1.3 X 1m): Be Still and Know? Correcting Christian perceptions of the Saints "Outdoor Chapel" adjacent to the St. Stithian's Girls College: So much for God's unconditional Love. To the contrary, God's Love appears to be very conditional!
Painting 3 (1.3 X 1m): Moederkerk Pulpit, Stellenbosch Where I studied art, briefly. The pulpit - standing like a Guillotine - surrounded by VAJRAYANA BUDDHIST SYMBOLS - introduces the PRASANGIKA - MADHYAMIKA WISDOM DEBATE TO THE THEOLOGY STUDENTS OF STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY.	Painting 4 (1.3 X 1m): Buddhist symbols for three Colleges and the Potala in the background I sat on this painting for a FULL year before I painted alternative Buddhist badges for Uplands, Penryn and my beloved St. Stithian's College. An alternative badge, that my be of use to a few individuals who actually find the Eternal Heaven or Eternal Hell option offensive - as advocated by Christianity.
Painting 5 (1.3 X 1m): St. Stithian's College and two Karmapa's. This is why Buddhism has not incorporated Christian dogma into its own teachings: It has failed to find a factual Adam and Eve and the basis proving the existence of an Original Sin.	Painting 6 (1.3 X 1m): The Book of Revelations and St. Stithian's College Chapel: The Great Feast of the Lord.
Painting 7: Some detail from Painting 6: The Book of Revelations and St. Stithian's College Chapel	Painting 8: Detail of the 17th Karmapa as a teenager from Painting 5, Gallery 1.
Painting 9: Detail of the two young TULKUS (recognised INCARNATIONS OF RETURNING LAMAS) from Painting 1, Gallery 1.	Painting 10: Detail of St. Stithian's College Buddha from Painting 1, Gallery 1.
Painting 11: Detail of Kalu Rinpoche - a celebrated VAJARAYANA LAMA who died years ago. He has since re-incarnated - from Painting 5, Gallery 1.	Painting 12: 1916 Battle Poem I have flashbacks of the trenches, where I am DROWNED UNDER a wall of mud, in another life-time. This should be dedicated to St. John's College who lost some of their finest young men at Delville Wood on the Somme. Had it been a different time-quirk, it could easily have been St. Stithian's College boys, who fell in action. The actual poem questions God's Love on the Battlefield. Please click here to download a copy of the 1916 Battle Poem (690kb)

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